Rino Yoshimoto, violin
Hina Maeda, violin
Takumi Nozawa, viola
Yoon Soo Yeo, cello
The Kuma Quartet was founded in 2025 with the help of its mentor Miguel da Silva at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. The quartet is made up of musicians with distinguished careers in Japan and Europe. Rino Yoshimoto won second prize at the 10th Fritz Kreisler International Violin Competition in 2022, Hina Manda won first prize at the 16th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition in 2022, Yoon-Soo Yeo won the Antonio Janigro and Schoenfeld International Cello Competitions in 2014 and Takumi Nozawa is the 2nd soloist of La Monnaie de Munt. Since September 2024, the Kuma Quartet has been in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth, in the class of Corina Belcea, Miguel da Silva and Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden.
